Palmophyllum crassum

Palmophyllum crassum is a species of algae.[1] It has a cosmopolitan distribution in deep seawater habitats.[2]

Palmophyllum crassum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Viridiplantae
Phylum: Prasinodermophyta
Class: Palmophyllophyceae
Order: Palmophyllales
Family: Palmophyllaceae
Genus: Palmophyllum
Species:
P. crassum
Binomial name
Palmophyllum crassum
(Naccari 1828) Rabenhorst 1868
Synonyms
  • Palmella crassa Naccari, 1828
  • Chlorochytrium crassum(Naccari, 1828) Rabenhorst
  • Palmophyllum flabellatum Kützing 1845
  • Palmophyllum gestroi Piccone 1879
  • Palmophyllum orbiculare Bornet ex Ardissone 1887
  • Palmophyllum crassum var. orbiculare (Bornet ex Ardissone 1887) Feldmann 1937
  • Palmophyllum crassum var. typicum Feldmann 1937
  • Palmophyllum crassum f. gestroi (Piccone 1879) Giaccone 1965

Palmophyllum crassum grows in the form of thalli attached to substrates such as rocks and algae. The thalli are formed from spherical green cells in a gelatinous matrix.[2]

References
  1. Naccari, F. L. (1828). Flora veneta o descrizione delle piante che nascono nella provincia de Venezia disposta secondo il sistema Linneano e colla indicazione al metodo di Jueeieu modification dal De-Candolle arriccmita di osservationi medico-economicae di Fortunato Luigi Naccari. Vol VI. Venice: Pressor Leone Bonvecchiato Editore Libraio in Merceria A S. Bartolomeo. pp. 4–133.
  2. Lee, Hyung Woo; Kim, Myung Sook (2017). "Palmophyllum crassum, a New Record of an Ancient Species in Green Algae from Korea". Korean Journal of Environmental Biology. 35 (3): 319–328. doi:10.11626/KJEB.2017.35.3.319.


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